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Ralph D. Neiderhiser

Ralph D. Neiderhiser

May 19, 2022

Ralph Duane Neiderhiser, 70, of Clinton, formerly of Cedar Rapids, passed away on Thursday, May 19, 2022, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.  Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 25, 2022, at Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW.  Celebration of Life service will be...

Mark Matias

Mark Matias

May 18, 2022

Mark Matias, 58, of Cedar Rapids, passed away on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, from a lengthy struggle with mental illness and alcoholism.  Celebration of Life gathering will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 25, 2022, at Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW, where there will be a time of...

Robert Morris

Robert Morris

May 18, 2022

Robert "Bob" Morris, 89, of Solon, passed away on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.  Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, May 23, 2022, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Solon. Funeral Mass will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 24, 2022, at St. Mary's.   Burial will follow in St. Mary's Catholic...

Troy Lawrence

Troy Lawrence

May 17, 2022

Troy Alan Lawrence, 60, of Cedar Rapids, on May 17, 2022, after a short battle of Leukemia/Pneumonia.  There will be a Celebration of Life on Saturday, June 4, 2022, from 12 noon until 4:00 p.m. at his mother's home – 351 Highland Court, Fairfax, Iowa.  The family asks everyone to bring a lawn chair.

Troy was born...

Robert E. Caraway

Robert E. Caraway

May 17, 2022

Robert "Bob" E. Caraway, 82, of Cedar Rapids, died Tuesday, May 17, 2022, at Heritage Specialty Care.  Graveside services will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday, May 26, 2022, at Mt. Vernon Cemetery.  Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre in Cedar Rapids is in charge of arrangements.

Robert was born November 3, 1939, in Cedar Rapids, the son of Dannie...

Travis Jackson Smith

Travis Jackson Smith

May 14, 2022

Services are pending with Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre in Cedar Rapids.

David A. Owen

David A. Owen

May 14, 2022

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David Allen Owen, 74, of Solon, passed away on Saturday, May 14, 2022, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.  A Celebration of Life gathering will be from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, May 22, 2022, at Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre in Solon, lower level...

Irene Kathryn Jedlicka

Irene Kathryn Jedlicka

May 11, 2022

Irene Kathryn Jedlicka, 89, of Solon, passed away on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at Solon Retirement Village surrounded by her loving family.  A Funeral Mass will take place 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 16, 2022, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Solon. Burial will follow in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Solon. Friends may visit with the family from 3...

Vernon Brown

Vernon Brown

May 5, 2022

Vernon Eric Brown, 62, of Cedar Rapids, passed away on May 5, 2022, in his home of natural causes.  Celebration of Life services will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday, May 14, 2022, at Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW.  In accordance with Vernon's wishes he has been laid to rest in Muslim...

Elizabeth Ann Wolf

Elizabeth Ann Wolf

May 4, 2022

Please click this link to view Elizabeth's Celebration of Life. https://vimeo.com/714117193/8d6d2b4afb

Elizabeth Ann (Mohn) Wolf, 97, died May 4, 2022, from natural causes that led to her brief but rapid decline. She died under the loving care of Unity Point Hospice staff at the Ed and Joan Hospice Unit at St. Luke's Hospital. Celebration of Life Services...

Christina Kelly

Christina Kelly

May 4, 2022

Christina Lorenne Kelly, 46, of Cedar Rapids, passed away on May 3, 2022, in her home.  A Celebration of Life will be from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday, May 14, 2022, at North Point, located at 621 Center Point Road NE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402.  Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre in Cedar Rapids is caring for Christina and...

Rose Marie Ruzicka

Rose Marie Ruzicka

May 3, 2022

Rose Marie Ruzicka, 73, of Cedar Rapids, entered eternal life on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics after suffering a recent stroke.  Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday, May 9, 2022, at Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW. Funeral Mass will be...

Sondra Lewis

Sondra Lewis

May 2, 2022

Services are pending with Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre in Cedar Rapids.

Leonard Jansa

Leonard Jansa

May 2, 2022

Leonard Milo Jansa, 93, of Western, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 2, 2022, in his home surrounded by his family.  Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, May 6, 2022, at Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW, where there will be a 3:30 p.m. rosary.  Funeral Mass will...

Leo Truhlar

Leo Truhlar

Apr 30, 2022

Leo James Truhlar, 95, passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 30, 2022, in his home.  As per Leo's wishes private family services will be at a later date.  Private family inurnment will be in Czech National Cemetery.  Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre in Cedar Rapids is assisting the family.

Leo was born October 13, 1926,...

Thomas Dunlap

Thomas Dunlap

Apr 30, 2022

Services are pending with Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre in Cedar Rapids.

Darlene Seltrecht Stuefen

Darlene Seltrecht Stuefen

Apr 28, 2022

Darlene Leone Stuefen, 93, of Covington, passed away on Thursday, April 28, 2022, at the Promise House in Hiawatha. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, May 2, 2022, at Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW.  Private family services will be in Cedar Memorial Cemetery.

Darlene was...

William Lee Stewart

William Lee Stewart

Apr 26, 2022

William "Bill" L. Stewart, 77, of Cedar Rapids, passed away on Tuesday, April 26, 2022, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy.  Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, April 29, 2022, at   Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW.  Celebration of Life services will be at...

Mark Allen Coleman

Mark Allen Coleman

Apr 22, 2022

Mark Allen Coleman, 67, of Shellsburg, passed away on Friday, April 22, 2022, in his home surrounded by his loving family.  In honor of Mark's love of life, a Celebration of Life gathering will be from 4 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW. ...

Kathi Dunsworth

Kathi Dunsworth

Apr 21, 2022

Services are pending with Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre in Solon.

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